This CrossFit trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers the whole world of the sport of fitness: how Greg Glassman went from a Santa Cruz garage gym to the biggest fitness chain on earth, what a WOD, a box and Rx'd actually mean, the stories behind benchmark workouts like Fran and Murph, and the CrossFit Games from a ranch in Aromas to arenas in Madison and Fort Worth. There are questions on the champions too: Rich Froning, Mat Fraser, Tia-Clair Toomey, the Icelandic 'Dottirs' and the years they won. It works as a warm-up game for a box's social night, a Murph Day fundraiser or anyone who wants to check how well they know the sport beyond the barbell. Difficulty ranges from questions any member could answer to hard ones about affiliate numbers and prize money. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia and cited on the question, so you can see where each fact comes from.
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Q 01Who founded CrossFit, incorporating the company in 2000 with Lauren Jenai?
Greg Glassman
Glassman, a former gymnast, is said to have invented his first CrossFit-style workout at 16 by adding weights to gymnastics.
Q 02In which California city did Glassman and Jenai open their first gym in 2001?
Santa Cruz
Posting the workouts online is what turned a local gym into a worldwide method.
Q 03What is a CrossFit-affiliated gym commonly called?
A box
The first one, CrossFit North, opened in Seattle in 2002.
Q 04What does WOD stand for?
Workout of the Day
CrossFit has posted a free daily WOD for the public since 2001.
Q 05The benchmark WOD Fran combines pull-ups with which movement, in rounds of 21, 15 and 9 reps?
Thrusters
A thruster is a front squat flowing straight into a push press.
Q 06Benchmark workouts such as Fran, Grace and Helen belong to which named group?
The Girls
Murph, by contrast, is one of the Hero workouts named for fallen service members.
Q 07When a WOD is done exactly as written, without scaling, what is it called?
Rx'd
Reducing reps, weights or swapping movements to fit the athlete is known as scaling.
Q 08Which momentum-based pull-up technique is common in CrossFit and controversial outside it?
Kipping
The three CrossFit modalities are metabolic conditioning, weightlifting and gymnastics.
Q 09The three CrossFit modalities are gymnastics, barbell lifting and what?
Metabolic conditioning
Metcon covers running, rowing, cycling and double-unders.
Q 10Until 2024, which two-day certificate was the minimum to open a CrossFit affiliate?
Level 1 Certificate
Level 2 became the minimum in 2024; Level 3 requires 1,500 hours of coaching, and Level 4 is the highest the company recognises.
Q 11Roughly how many affiliated CrossFit gyms were there worldwide as of 2025?
About 10,000
The peak was more than 13,000 in 2016 before the pandemic and controversies thinned the ranks.
Q 12How many affiliated gyms did CrossFit have in 2005?
13
By 2013 that number had reached 8,000.
Q 13To whom did CrossFit's founder sell the company in 2020 after his George Floyd comments?
Eric Roza
Roza stepped down as CEO in 2022 and Don Faul took over.
Q 14Which dangerous muscle-breakdown condition has the press long linked to CrossFit's intensity?
Q 21The first CrossFit Games took place at a ranch in which California town?
Aromas
The Games returned to the ranch in 2020 when the pandemic ruled out spectators.
Q 22What title does the CrossFit Games champion receive?
Fittest on Earth
The 2007 winners took home $500 each; by 2019 first place paid $300,000.
Q 23How much prize money did the winners of the inaugural 2007 Games receive?
$500
Reebok's arrival as sponsor in 2011 jumped first prize to $250,000 overnight.
Q 24Which sportswear brand sponsored the CrossFit Games from 2011 to 2020?
Rhabdomyolysis
The company once used a cartoon clown called 'Uncle Rhabdo' in its own materials.
Q 15A 2014 statistical analysis found what gender balance among CrossFit participants?
An even 50-50 split
The Games have always paid equal prize money to the men's and women's winners.
Q 16The Hero WOD Murph honours a Navy SEAL killed in 2005 in which country?
Afghanistan
Michael Murphy received the Medal of Honor for his actions during Operation Red Wings.
Q 17Murph is a mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, how many air squats and another mile?
300
Murphy called his original version 'Body Armor' and did it in the 16.4 lb vest he wore on deployment.
Q 18On what date was Murph first posted as the WOD, shortly after Murphy's death?
17 August 2005
It is now done by boxes worldwide on Memorial Day.
Q 19Which actor played Michael Murphy in the 2013 film Lone Survivor?
Taylor Kitsch
A documentary, Murph: The Protector, came out the same year.
Q 20In what year were the first CrossFit Games held?
2007
For the first two years anyone who turned up could compete.
Reebok
Because of the deal, athletes were banned from wearing Nike shoes at the 2015 Games.
Q 25From 2010 to 2016 the Games were held at the Home Depot Center in which California city?
Carson
In 2017 the event moved to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
Q 26Which city hosted the 2024 CrossFit Games?
Fort Worth
The event was overshadowed by the death of Serbian athlete Lazar Đukić in the opening swim.
Q 27The Open, the Games' first qualifying stage, was introduced in which year?
2011
26,000 athletes signed up in its first year.
Q 28How many athletes signed up for the Open at its 2018 peak?
415,000
One new workout is released each week over the five-week Open.
Q 29Who created and directed the CrossFit Games until being dismissed in 2022?
Dave Castro
He returned in 2023 as leader of the sport team.
Q 30Which man was the first to win the Games four times, taking the title from 2011 to 2014?
Rich Froning
He then switched to the team event and led CrossFit Mayhem to six more titles.